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THE USE OF ZIG ZAG PATTERN TECHNIQUE

IN IMPROVING THE STUDENTS WRITTEN

RECOUNT

(A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA N 2 Slawi

in the Academic Year of 2010/2011)

a final project

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for degree of Sarjana Pendidikan

in English

by

Ika Yuliana

2201407039

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS

SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY

2011


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PERNYATAAN

Dengan ini saya,Nama : Ika Yuliana

NIM : 2201407039

Prodi/ Jurusan : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris/ Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris

Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni Universitas Negeri Semarang

Menyatakan dengan sesungguhnya bahwa skripsi/ final project yang berjudul:

THE USE OF ZIG ZAG TECHNIQUE PATTERN IN IMPROVING THE

STUDENTS WRITTEN RECOUNT (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of

SMA N 2 Slawi in the Academic Year of 2010/2011)

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membubuhkan tanda tangan sebagai tanda keabsahannya, seluruh isi karya ilmiahini tetap menjadi tanggung jawab saya sendiri. Jika kemudian ditemukan

ketidakberesan, saya bersedia menerima akibatnya.

Demikian, harap pernyataan ini digunakan seperlunya.

Semarang, 11 Agustus 2011

Yang membuat pernyataan

Ika YulianaNIM 2201407039


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APPROVAL

This final project has been approved by the board of examiners of the

English Department of Faculty of Languages and Arts Semarang State University

on August 11st, 2011.

Board of Examiners

1.

Chairperson

Drs. Dewa Made Kartadinata, M.Pd

NIP 195111181984031001

2.

Secretary

Drs. Alim Sukrisno, M.A

NIP 195206251981111001

3.

First Examiner

Rohani, S.Pd., M.A

NIP 197903122003121002

4.

Second Examiner as Second Advisor

Dr. Dwi Anggani Linggar B. M.PdNIP 195901141989012001

5.

Third Examiner as First Advisor

Sri Wuli Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Pd

NIP 197510262005012001

Approved by

The Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Arts

Prof. Dr. Agus Nuryatin, M.HumNIP 196008031989011001


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Allah does not change w hat is in a nation unless they change

what in themselves(Ar radu: 11)

To

My beloved mother and father, my

beloved brother, my love, and also

my best friends.


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First and foremost, I would like to extend my gratitude to the Almighty

Allah SWT, for his blessing, strength, and encouragement leading to the

completion of this final project.

In this occasion, I also would like to express my gratitude for my final

project to the following people:

a. Prof. Dr. Agus Nuryatin, M.Hum as the Dean of the Languages and

Arts Faculty, Semarang State University

b.

Drs. Ahmad Sofwan, Ph.D as the Head of the English Department

c. Sri Wuli Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Pd., as my first advisor for the guidance and

patience during the process of this final project

d.

Dr. Dwi Anggani L.B, M.Pd, as my second advisor, for her great

suggestions in finishing my final project

e.

Rohani, S.Pd., M.A, as my first examiner who gives the improvement

of this final project

f.

Drs. Herbisono, the Principal of SMA N 2 Slawi, and Timbang Sinaga,

S.Pd, the English teacher, for their permission to have a research

g.

My beloved students of class X.5 of SMA N 2 Slawi, for their help and

cooperation

h.

My beloved parents, Sutrisno and Sumiarsih for their love, care, and

pray

i.

My brother, M. Ardy Firmansyah for his love, and support towards me

j. My beloved man, Fachrudin, for his help, love, and encouragement to

finish this final projectk.

All of my friends in Wisma Pink for their motivation, support, and

beautiful friendship

l. Thanks for everyone who gave the writer spirit to finish this final

project who can not be mentioned


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Finally, the writer realized this final project was far for being perfect. The

writer welcome for everyone who wants to give suggestion to improve this final

project.

Semarang, 11 Agustus 2011

Ika Yuliana


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ABSTRACT

Yuliana, Ika. 2011. The Use of Zig Zag Pattern Technique in Improving

Students Written Recount (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA

Negeri 2 Slawi in the Academic Year of 2010/2011). Final project. English

Department. Faculty of Languages and Arts. Semarang State University.

First Advisor: Sri Wuli Fitriati, S.Pd, M.Pd. Second Advisor: Dr. Dwi

Anggani Linggar B. M.Pd

Key words: writing, recount, zig zag pattern technique.

The topic in this study is the use of zig zag pattern technique in improving

students written recount (a case of the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2

Slawi in the academic year of 2010/2011). The objectives of this study are to find

out how the zigzag pattern technique is used to improve the students written

recount of the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Slawi in the academic year

of 2010/2011 and to find out to what extent the zig zag pattern technique

improves the students ability in writing a recount text of the tenth grade studentsof SMA Negeri 2 Slawi in the academic year of 2010/2011.

This study is a classroom action research which is conducted for twocycles. The population was the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Slawi in the

academic year 2010/2011. The sampling technique is X.5 class. The class consistsof 16 boys and 21 girls. The data in this study were collected through the use of

test in form of writing test, and interview. An interview was conducted tounderstand the students difficulties in writing a recount text and to know whether

the zig zag technique gave contribution in improving the students ability inwriting. Data analysis is done by using quantitative and qualitative description.

The zig zag technique pattern can improve the students written recount by

using the repetition of new information (Rheme). It achieves cohesion in the text

by building on newly introduced information. The result shows a significant

achievement of students writing before and after being treated by using zig zag

technique. The average of the students result in the pre-test was 58.92, in the

cycle one test was 68.54. It developed 9.62 point. The result of the test shows the

students writing was better than the pre test. In the cycle two test, the average of

the students result was 73.84, and in the post-test was 76.76. Their writing was

more coherent and united. It also proved that the result of the post-test was higher

than the standard score of KTSP (2006) standard that is 65. Moreover, based on

the result of interview, the students and the teacher agreed that zig zag techniquepattern gave contribution in improving the students ability in writing recount text.

From both results, it could be concluded that there was an improvement instudents writing recount by using zig zag pattern technique.

It is suggested that teachers should use zig zag pattern as a technique inteaching recount text.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Acknowledgments .............. ......................................... ......... ............. ......... v

Abstract ...................................................................................................... vii

Table of Contents ........... .............. ......... ....................... ......... ............. ......... viii

List of Tables ............ ......................................... ........... ........... .................. xi

List of Figures ............ ......................................... ........... ........... .................. xii

List of Appendices .............. ......................................... ......... ............. ......... xiii

1.INTRODUCTION .......... .............. ......... ...................... ......... .............. .... 1

1.1 Background of the Study ...................... .......... ............ .................... ....... 1

1.2

Reasons for Choosing the Topic .................... ............ ........... ................. 3

1.3

Statement of the Problem ........... ................................ ..................... ...... 4

1.4

Objective of the Study ............ ......................................... ........... ........... 4

1.5

Significance of the Study ........... ................................ ..................... ...... 5

1.6Outline of the Report ....................... ......... ....................... ...................... 5

2.REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ........... ................................ .... 7

2.1 Review of Previous Study ........... ............................... ...................... ..... 7

2.2Review of Theoretical Study ........... .............. ......... ....................... ........ 9

2.2.1General Concept of Writing .............. ......................................... ........ 10

2.2.2

Teaching Writing in Senior High School ...................... .......... ............ 13

2.2.3

Systemic Functional Linguistics ............ ......................................... .... 17

3.

METHOD OF INVESTIGATION ............. ......................................... .... 24


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3.1 Research Design............ .............. ......... ...................... ........................... 24

3.1.1 Cycle 1 ....................... ......... .............. ......................................... ........ 25

3.1.2 Cycle 2 ....................... ......... .............. ......................................... ........ 27

3.2

Subject of the Study .................... ............ .......... ................................ .... 28

3.2.1 Population ....................... ......... ............. ......................................... .... 28

3.2.2 Sample ....................... ......... .............. ......................................... ........ 29

3.3

Instrument of the Study .......... ...................... .......... ............. .......... ........ 29

3.3.1 Test .................................................................................................... 30

3.3.2 Interview ........... ......................................... ............ ........... ................. 31

3.4

Procedures of Collecting the Data ............ ......................................... .... 31

3.5

Method of Analyzing the Data ...................... .......... ............. ................. 32

3.5.1

Method of Scoring ....................... ......... ....................... ...................... 33

3.5.2

Classifying the Score.................... ......................................... ......... .... 34

3.5.3

Criterion of Assessment ........... ............................... ...................... ..... 35

4.

RESEARCH RESULT AND DISCUSSION ..................... ........... ........... 36

4.1 Description of the Research ...................... .......... ............. ...................... 36

4.2

Result of Pre Test .......... .............. ......... ...................... ......... .............. .... 38

4.3

Result of Cycle One .................... ............ .......... ................................ .... 41

4.4

Result of Cycle Two ....................... ......... ....................... ...................... 43

4.5

Result of Post Test ............. ........................................ ........... ............ .... 45

4.6

Improvement of the Students Writing Skill ........... .............. ........ ......... 46

4.7

Result of Interview ............. ........................................ ........... ............ .... 48

4.8

Discussion............................................................................................. 49


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4.9

Research Finding .......... .............. ......... ...................... ......... .............. .... 51

5.

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............ ........................................ 53

5.1 Conclusion ........... ......................................... ............ ........... ................. 53

5.2

Suggestion ............................................................................................ 54

References .................................................................................................. 55

Appendices ................................................................................................ 57


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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

1.Competencies in Writing Recount Based on KTSP. ....................... .... 15

2.An Example of Recount Text Taken From Making Sense of Functional

Grammar. .......................................................................................... 16

3.Scoring Guidance Taken From Heaton .......... ................................ .... 33

4.The measurement of Students Achievement .......... ...................... ..... 35

5.

The classification Based on KTSP ............. ........................................ 35

6.Schedule of the Research........................... ......... ...................... ......... 37

7.

The outline of Each Stage of the Research .......... ............. .......... ........ 37

8.

The Classification of Students Pre Test Based on KTSP ........... ........ 39

9.

The Classification of Students Pre Test Based on Brown.................. 40

10.

The Classification of Students Cycle One Test Based on KTSP ..... 42

11.

The classification of Students Cycle One Test Based on Brown ..... 42

12.The Classification of Students Cycle Two Test Based on KTSP ..... 44

13.The Classification of Students Cycle Two Test Based on Brown .... 44

14.The Classification of Students Post Test Based on KTSP ........... .... 45

15.The classification of Students Post Test Based on Brown ........... .... 46


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LIST OF FIGURES

Figures Page

1.The Theme Re-Iteration Pattern..................... .................................... 21

2.The Theme Multiple Pattern. ..................... ........... ........... .................. 22

3.The Theme zig zag Pattern .......... ................................ ...................... 23

4.Model of Action Research According Kemmis and McTaggart. ........ 25

5.Improvement of Students Writing Skills..................... ............ .......... 47


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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendices Page

1. List of the Students ..................................................... ........... ............ .... 58

2. The Result of Pre Test ............. ......................................... .......... ............ 59

3. The Result of Cycle One Test....... ....................... ......... .............. ............. 60

4. The Result of Cycle Two Test ........... .............. ......... ....................... ........ 61

5. The Result of Post Test ............ ......................................... ........... ........... 62

6. Lesson Plan of Cycle One ...................... .......... ............ .................... ....... 63

7. Lesson Plan of Cycle Two ...................... .......... ............ .................... ....... 73

8. Materials ................................................................................................. 82

9. Instrument of Pre-Test.............. ......................................... ...................... 87

10. Instrument of Post-Test .......... ...................... .......... ............. .......... ........ 88

11. Interview Guided .......... .............. ......... ...................... ......... .............. .... 89

12. Students Answer Sheet ....................... ......... ............. ........................... 90

13.List of the writers Pictures ................................................................... 100

14. Surat Telah Selesai Penelitian............................................................... 105


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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic,

statements of the problem, and objective of the study. Besides, it also presents

significance of the study, and outline of the study.

1.1

Background of the Study

Language plays an important role in our life. Language is basically a means to

communicate ideas, opinion, and feelings. Moreover, it is expected that by

learning language the students are able to recognize and appreciate their own and

foreign culture. Language is a main tool to interact, exchanging meaning and

communicate with others. People make interaction and communication in order to

fulfill their needs. Without language, we can not have any interaction effectively.

Language is simple but it contains many meaning, and we need to learn language

either in spoken or written.

English as the foreign language in Indonesia is considered to be important to

learn. It becomes the first foreign language. Realizing the importance of English,

English is taught widely at formal schools starting from elementary school to

university. Even now, English has been taught at elementary schools as a local

content subject. In Indonesia, English is used primarily as an object of study

rather than as a means of communication. Consequentially, the Indonesian


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students have less chance and exposure to use English naturally outside the

classroom.

The English teaching should be focused on the students ability to

communicate well through spoken and written language. English teaching at

Senior High School covers the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading,

and writing. They have to be supported by language components such as

grammar, vocabulary, sound system, and spelling.

Writing is the one of the four major language skills that should be taught by

English teachers in teaching and learning activities. Writing English well is

important but students sometimes do not know how to express their feeling and

ideas in writing something. Learning to write is different from learning to speak. It

should be learnt consciously that demanded a lot of practice under guidance. They

have to manage the structure, the choice of words, and the punctuation all at one.

Writing is very important for English learners, it is essential for English

teachers to encourage the students to write. The teachers seem to have difficulties

in deciding what techniques and media that they must use and how to teach

writing professionally. In spite of that condition they must be able to find out the

ways of how to make writing easier for students to learn. Teaching writing is

requiring the mastery not only of grammatical and theoretical devices but also

conceptual judgment (Heaton, 1975:138)

Meanwhile, not only for the teacher but also many students are having the

difficulties in writing. They can not express their ideas and feeling in sentence by

sentence they made. They get difficulty in building the idea. Building idea is the


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essential step since it tells the writer what he or she is going to write. Sometimes,

students do not know what they have to write. Even they are afraid of writing

because they are getting confused in choosing the suitable words and the correct

grammar. They usually create ineffective sentences and there is no correlation

between the sentences. Their writings are not united and coherent.

Realizing that students are having many problems in writing, teachers should

be more sensitive to face the students problems. It is essential for English

teachers to encourage the students to write. Through this study, the writer wants to

apply a technique to improve the students writing skills by using zigzag pattern

technique in writing. Hopefully, this technique will help the students easy to

construct a good paragraph by using repetition of new information (Rheme) in the

clause. In this study, the writer chose recount genre to improve the writing

because recount genre is taught in the tenth grade students of senior high school.

1.2

Reason for Choosing the Topic

I choose the topic the use of zigzag pattern technique in improving the students

written recount for the following reasons:

(1)When we are doing writing; we need a technique to make coherent sentences.

Hopefully, by using the zig zag pattern technique, it will help the students to

arrange a good paragraph.

(2)It is important to investigate the students ability in recount text since it will

help teachers especially in writing at SMA N 2 Slawi to develop students

ability in writing.


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(3)

The tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Slawi were chosen because the writers

want to improve the students writing in senior high school and based on the

syllabus, they have gotten recount genre.

1.3

Statements of the Problem

In analyzing the problem, the writer formulates the research question as follows:

(1) How can the zig zag pattern technique be used to improve the students

written recount for the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Slawi in the

academic year of 2010/2011?

(2) To what extent does the zig zag pattern technique improve the students

ability in writing recount for the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Slawi in

the academic year of 2010/2011?

1.4

Objective of the Study

Based on the problem above, the objectives of the study are as follows:

(1) To find out how the zigzag pattern technique is used to improve the students

written recount of the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Slawi in the academic

year of 2010/2011.

(2) To find out to what extent the zig zag pattern technique improves the

students ability in writing a recount text of the tenth grade students of SMA

N 2 Slawi in the academic year of 2010/2011.


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1.5

Significance of the Study

This study hopefully can give benefits both theoretically and practically:

1) Theoretically

Hopefully, the result of this study can give the benefits for the

development of education research, improving the knowledge and

understanding for the students written recount, so that it can increase the

quality of our education.

2) Practically

This study hopefully can give benefits both for the teacher and the

students. For the teacher, it shows them that zig zag pattern technique can be

used as a technique to develop students writing skill, especially in recount.

For the students, they will understand better on how to construct a good piece

of recount paragraph by using zig zag pattern technique so their writing more

coherent.

1.6Outline of the Report

The discussion of this report is divided into chapter and subchapter. The

explanation of each chapter will be elaborated as follows:

Chapter I includes Introduction. It consists of background of the study,

reasons for choosing the topic, statement of the problems, objective of the study,

significance of the study, and outline of the report.

Chapter II presents Review of Related of Literature which discusses: review

of previous study, review of theoretical study, general concept of writing, general


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concept of recount, teaching writing in senior high school, Systemic Functional

Linguistics.

Chapter III discusses Method Investigation. It consists of research design,

subject of the study, instrument for collecting the data, procedures of collecting

data, and method of analyzing data.

Chapter IV covers Data Analysis.

Chapter V presents Conclusions and Suggestions.


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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter contains two sections. The first section presents the review of the

previous studies related to the topic. It is then followed by the second section that

gives theoretical reviews underlying this study.

2.1 Review of Previous Study

There are many studies conducted to know the students mastery of writing skills.

These studies include many studies done by the English department students of

Semarang State University (UNNES).

Many of the English department students conducted studies at school to

describe students ability in writing. This study includes the ability in writing

various genres. One of the studies was done by Taufik Nurhidayat (2011) who

conducted a research entitled students ability in writing recount based on generic

structure, language features, and social function. The problems discussed in this

study are to describe how the generic structure used in recount texts written by the

tenth graders of SMA 2 Pemalang, how the language features used in recount text

written by the tenth graders of SMA 2 Pemalang, and the last how the generic

structure and language features of recount texts enable to achieve the social

unction of recount text. He found the result of their recount writing were good in

level of organization aspects. Most of their writing has complete elements. Most


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of all students recount writing has complete generic structure of a recount text.

And most of students wrote a good introduction that leads to the body. The bodies

of their writings are acceptable and they are brought to a close by logical

conclusion of the text.

The next researcher is Nurul Hamidah (2010) who conducted a research

entitled the use of zig zag pattern technique in improving students written report.

The problem discussed in this study is how zig zag pattern technique used to

improve student written report in SMA Negeri 1 Pamotan. The result of the study

shows that the students progress during the teaching and learning activity in

writing report using zig zag pattern technique was good. The students

achievement in writing report was improved. It was supported by the result of the

research which shows significant improvement from the pretest to the post test.

Another researcher working in this topic is Retno Megayanti (2010) who

conducted a research entitled documentary photographs as a media in developing

students ability in writing analytical exposition text. She said that most of senior

high school students had some difficulties in writing a certain genre whether in

terms of ideas, rhetorical structures, grammar, or vocabulary. The objectives of

her study are to find out to what extent documentary photographs contribute to the

development of the ability in writing an analytical exposition text of the eleventh

grade students of SMA Negeri I Grobogan in the academic year 2009/2010 and to

find out to what extent documentary photographs contributed to the development

of the positive attitudes in writing an analytical exposition text of the eleventh

grade students of SMA Negeri I Grobogan in the academic year 2009/2010. The


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result of the research shows a difference in achievement of students writing

before and after being treated by using documentary photographs. The result of

the questionnaire shows that the students positive attitude in writing analytical

exposition text got increased. The students were more attracted, more active, and

more interested in studying when they used documentary photographs compared

to when they did not use those media. They responded the lesson well and

enjoyed the whole of the lesson. It shows that documentary photographs give

contribution in developing students ability and students positive attitude in

writing analytical exposition text.

There are many previous studies that discuss about writing, the techniques

in writing, and the media that is used. They are used in writing to improve the

students writing in various genres. From the above previous research findings,

the writer would like to use zig zag pattern technique in teaching writing recount

text because recount is taught in the tenth grade students of Senior High School.

2.2 Review of Theoretical Study

There are many theoretical studies related to this study. These theories will be

explained in form of three main subchapters. They are general concept of writing,

teaching writing in senior high school, and the last Systemic Functional

Linguistics. Each subchapter will be elaborated below.


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2.2.1

General Concept of Writing

In this section, I discuss four main points. The first is definition of writing, the

second is importance of writing; the third is types of writing, and the last writing

paragraph.

2.2.1.1 Definition of writing

Writing is one way to communicate our ideas, feelings, and thoughts beside

speaking, reading and listening. Writing is an act of communication which takes

place between the writer and the reader. As one of the language skills, writing

demands the students to master it well to help them in expressing what they are

thinking about. Based on Wikipedia.com writing is the representation of language

in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols. Through writing

people can communicate one another over long distance. Even that writing can be

more precious and beneficial if our writing has a qualification as a good writing.

According to Celce-Murcia (2001: 213), writing is a skill which enables the

learners to plan and rethink the communication process. It means that to create a

good writing, the writers need to employ all their thoughts and knowledge.

In line with Celce-Murcia, Harmer (2004:3) states that in the context of

education, it is also worth remembering that most exams, whether they are testing

foreign language or other skills, often rely on the students writing proficiency in

order to measure their knowledge. It is clearly explained that writing is a vital skill

which has to be learnt for foreign language learner.

According to Meyers (2005: 2), writing is like speaking in a way to

discover and communicate ideas, unlike speaking, however it does not happen all


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at once. The writers cannot see and hear the reader, so they have to present the

ideas in logical order. They have to be careful in organizing, their writing to make

the meaning stronger and clearer. Therefore, writing as one of the basic

competence in learning language is the most sophisticated language skill. It

demands a lot of practice and exercise.

Meyers (2005:2) adds that writing is an action, a process of discovering

and organizing your ideas, putting them on the paper and reshaping and revising

them. In other words writing is a method of representing language in visual form.

Writing is a complex skill; the writer concludes that writing is one of the

important skills that have to be mastered by English learner including senior high

school students. Based on the definition above, it can be said that writing is

progressive activities that expressing ideas into written form; it is not a natural

skill; it needs to be learnt and practiced in order to achieve good writing.

2.2.1.2 Importance of writing

Writing is a kind of complex process which allows the writer to express their

ideas, feeling knowledge, etc. and make it visible or concrete. Writing is very

essential for many fields such as; education, business, scientific, and government.

Writing can be a means to express our ideas. Sometimes, writing can be more

useful for someone who wants to freely share his or her ideas. Because of its

function, writing needs learning. There are two importance of writing process:

writing for learning and writing for writing.

Harmer (2004: 31) states that writing for learning means that it has always

formed part of the syllabus in the teaching of English. Partly because of the nature


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of the writing process and because of the need for accuracy in writing, the mental

process that a student goes through when writing differ significantly from the way

they approach discussion or other kinds of spoken communication.

Teaching writing for writing is entirely different, however, since our

objectives here is to help students to become better writer and to learn how to

write in various genres using different registers. (Harmer 2004: 34).

2.2.1.3 Types of writing

According to Brown (2003:220) writing falls into types, i.e.:

(1) Imitative

Imitative writing includes the ability to spell correctly and to perceive

phoneme-grapheme correspondences in English spelling system. It is a level in

which learners are trying to master the mechanics of writing. At this stage form is

the primarily if not exclusive focus, while context and meanings are of secondary

concern.

(2) Intensive

It requires the writer to produce appropriate vocabulary with in context,

collocations and idioms, and correct grammatical features up to the length of a

sentence. Meaning and context are some of importance in determining correctness

and appropriateness, but most assessment is more concerned with a focus form.

(3)

Responsive

It demands the writer to connect sentence into paragraphs and creating a

logically connected sequence of two or three paragraphs. Form-focused attention

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(4) Extensive

It implies successful management of all the process and strategies of

writing for all purposes. The focus is on achieving a purpose, organizing and

developing ideas logically, using details to support or illustrate ideas,

demonstrating syntactic and lexical variety.

2.2.1.4Writing Paragraph

Paragraph is a distinct section of a place of writing, usually consisting of several

sentences dealing with a single theme Hornby (2000: 840). A paragraph is a basic

unit of organization in writing in which a group of related sentences develops one

main idea (Oshima and Hogue 2006: 16). Paragraph is an important unit in

writing a text. The unity of paragraph will make a text coherent and cohesive. A

paragraph always has one theme or we usually called as a topic sentence. Topic

sentence is supported by supporting sentences and concluding sentences.

Supporting sentences develop the topic. That is, they explain the topic sentence by

giving reasons, examples, facts, statistics, and quotations. And the last is the

concluding sentence. The concluding sentence serves three purposes: 1) It signals

the end of the paragraph, 2) It summarizes the main points of the paragraph, and

3) It gives a final comment on the topic and leaves the reader with the most

important ideas to think about.

2.2.2 Teaching Writing in Senior High School

English is one of the global languages in the world. In Indonesia English are

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very important subject. The purpose and the function of teaching English are to

gain communicative competence. Teaching English in senior high school

encompasses the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing,

which are taught in integrated manner. Therefore, we cannot separate them from

one another because they are related each other. The students who master those

four skills are regarded to be able to use them in overcoming their problem in their

daily life.

School Based Curriculum (2006) for senior high school writes students

must master informational literacy. It means that the students are supposed to be

able to access science and knowledge through language skills. The students are

also prepared to continue their study in college.

Writing may be the last skill that should be mastered that cannot be

ignored. Moreover, teaching writing is not as easy as teaching other language

skills. It might be often a boring activity if the teacher just explains then the

students do writing by the students themselves. As a result, the teacher has a task

for them to encourage his/her students to learn writing in English. Teaching

English for senior high school is not only a matter of spoken but also written. In

written English, the students are regarded to master not only one aspect i.e

grammar or vocabulary but it has a relation between elements to elements.

Moreover, students should have competence to write various texts fluently and

accurately based on the social function. They are expected to comprehend in

understanding and creating some short functional texts and monolog essay. Genre,

also known as text type is taught as a main material in teaching English in senior


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high school. Recount becomes one of the genres that have to be taught. The

following are competencies students should obtain in writing recount in senior

high school based on KTSP 2006 for the tenth grade:

Standard Competence 6. Expressing the meaning in short

functional text and essay in the form

of recount, narrative, procedure in the

context of daily life.

Basic Competence 6.1 Expressing the meaning of short

functional text (such as invitation

letter, attention letter, advertisement,

etc) either formal or non-formal whichuse accurate, fluent, acceptable written

language in the daily life.6.2 Expressing the meaning and

rhetorical steps in easy which usesaccurate, fluent, and acceptable

written language in the context ofdaily life of the text in form of

recount, narrative, and procedure,

Based on the standard competence and basic competence in the above

School Based Curriculum, I can say that the purpose of teaching recount in senior

high school does not only emphasize in expressing the meaning of recount text,

but also they can write a recount by using rhetorical steps such as generic

structure and language features accurately, fluently, and acceptably.

2.2.2.1 Genre

A genre can be defined as a culturally specific text type which results from using

language (written or spoken) to (help) accomplish something (Gerot and Wignell:

Table 2.1 Competencies in Writing Recount Based on KTSP


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17). According to Hornby (2000:561), genre is a particular type or style of

literature, art, music, or film that can be recognized because of its special features.

According to www.wikipedia.com genre is the term for any category of literature

or other forms of art or culture. According to Martin as cited in Eggins (1994: 26),

genre is a staged, goal-oriented, purposeful activity in which speakers engage as

members of our culture.

2.2.2.2 Recount Text as a Genre

Recount is one of the genre texts which are taught in senior high school.

According to Anderson and Anderson (1997: 48), recount is a piece of text that

retell past events, usually in the order in which they happened. It means that

recount contains the stories about the event happened in the past. It provides a

series of events with the use of circumstances time and place. Meanwhile Gerot

and Wignell (1994: 194) said that recount has a social function to retell events for

the purpose of informing or entertaining. It can be said that the purpose of recount

text is either to inform or to entertain the audience. Here is the example of recount

text taken from Making Sense of Functional Grammar by Gerot and Wignell

(1994: 195).

Title Earthquake

Orientation

I was driving along the car when the car suddenly

lurched to one side

Table 2.2 an Example of Recount Text Taken From Making Sense of

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According to Anderson and Anderson (1997:50), generic structure of

recount includes:

(1) A first paragraph that gives background information about who, what, where

and when (called an orientation),

(2)

A series of paragraph that retell the events in the order in which they

happened, and

(3) A concluding paragraph (not always necessary).

They also mentioned about the language feature in a recount text as follows:

(1) Proper nouns to identify those involved in the text,

(2) Descriptive words to give details about who, what, when, where and how,

(3) The use of the past tense to retell the events, and

(4) Words that show the order of events (for example, first, next, then).

2.2.3 Systemic Functional Linguistics

Basically, language as a means of communication has its system. Systemic

Functional Linguistics (SFL) is an approach which has helped linguists to analyze

and explain how meanings are made in everyday linguistic interactions (Eggins,

1994: 1). This approach has increasingly been recognized due to it provides a very

Series of events

At first I thought a tyre had gone but then I sawtelegraph poles collapsing like a matchsticks. The

rocks came tumbling across the road and I had to

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useful theoretical and analytical framework for exploring and explaining how

texts mean. The systemic approach focuses mainly on the analysis of authentic

products of social interaction, that is, on the analysis of texts, in order to

understand the quality of texts: why a text means what it does, and why it is

valued as it is.

Eggins (1994: 2) states:

There are four main theoretical claims about language: that language

use is functional; that its function is to make meanings; that these

meanings are influenced by social and cultural context in which they

are exchanged; and that the process of using language is a semioticprocess, a process of making meanings by choosing.

Based on statement above, it can be concluded that one of the main theoretical

claims about language is that language use is functional or we called it as

Systemic Functional Linguistics. Systemic Functional Linguistics is the study of

the relationship between language and its functions in social settings. Systemic

Functional Linguistics is used as an answer how people use language in different

context, and how language is structured for use as a semiotic system. Systemic

functional linguistics treats grammar as a meaning-making resource and insists on

the interrelation of form and meaning. As its name, Systemic Functional

Linguistics considers function and semantics as the basis of human language and

communicative activity. Systemic Functional Linguistics is used to analyse and

explain how meanings are made in everyday linguistic interactions. In other

words, Systemic Functional Linguistics is to produce meanings with each other

either inform of written or spoken language. It emphasizes that language can be

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Halliday as cited in Eggins (1994: 3), states:

Language is structured to make three main kinds of meanings

simultaneously. This semantic complexity, which allows experiential,interpersonal, and textual meanings to be fused together in linguistic

units, is possible because language is semiotic system: aconventionalized coding system, organized as sets of choices.

The system that realizes the experiential aspect of meaning is the system of

Transitivity. Through this system, the clause functions as the representation of a

process. The interpersonal meaning is realized through the Mood system, which

consists of the analysis of how the clause is structured. The third level of the

semiotic system, the textual meaning, consists of Theme which describes the

structural configurations by which the clause is organized as a message. Textual

meaning is realized through the system of Theme, with a configuration of the

clause into the two functional components of a Theme (point of departure for the

massage) and a Rheme (new information about the point of departure).

2.2.3.1 Textual Metafunction

When we look at language from the point of view of the textual metafunction, we

are trying to see how speakers construct their message in order to fit in the text (or

in a conversation). Textual metafunction is realized with the system of Theme. In

English, where we put information in a clause tells us about where the clause is

coming from and where it is going. Textual metafunction divides the clause into

two important parts that is Theme and Rheme. According to Halliday as cited in

Eggins (1994: 275) the definition of Theme is that it is the element which serves

as the starting-point for the message; it is what the clause is going to be about.

Theme is usually called as given information. Meanwhile Eggins (1994: 275)

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developed. The Rheme typically contains unfamiliar or new information. The

identification criteria for the Rheme are simple: everything that is not the Theme

is the Rheme.

According to Eggins (1994: 276), there are four types of Theme. They are:

(1)

Topical Theme: When an element of the clause to which a Transitivity

function can be assigned occurs in first position in a clause, we describe it as

a topical Theme.

(2)

Interpesonal Theme: When a constituent to which we would assign a Mood

label (but not a Transitivity label) occurs at the beginning of a clause, we call

it an interpersonal Theme. The constituents which can function as

interpersonal Themes are: the unfused Finite (in interrogative structures), and

all four categories of Modal Adjuncts: Mood, Polarity, Vocative, and

Comment.

(3)

Textual Theme: The third clause constituent that can occur in Thematic

position is the category of textual elements. These are elements which do not

express any interpersonal or experiential meaning, but which are doing

important cohesive work in relating the clause to its context.

(4)

Multiple Theme: While it is possible for a clause to realize only one Thematic

element (in which case it must be a topical Theme) it is far more common for

clauses to contain a sequence of Themes, with often several textual and/or

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2.2.3.2 Thematic Development at Clause Level

As I stated before, in the Theme system, the clause is configured into two

functional components: Theme and Rheme. Specifically, one element in the

clause is enunciated as the Theme. This then combines with the remainder

(Rheme) so that the two parts together constitute a message. The choice of Theme

in a clause plays a fundamental part in the way discourse is organized. The flow

of information in a sentence from Theme to Rheme is crucial in achieving

communicative effectiveness in a message. Theme has a contribution to make the

coherence and cohesion of a text. It has to do with how Thematic elements

succeed each other. Eggins (1994:303) states that there are three main patterns of

Thematic development:

(1)

The Theme re-iteration pattern is one basic way to keep to a text focused (i.e.

cohesive) is simply to re-iterate an element. It characterized by the repetition

of some thematic elements throughout the clauses, hence producing an

effective link among them. This pattern is diagrammed below:

Clause 1 Theme Rheme



Figure 2.1 the Theme re-iteration Pattern


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Here is an example of the Theme re-iteration in a text (words in underlined).

(2)

The Theme multiple pattern is the Theme of one clause introduces a number

of different pieces of information, each of which is then picked up and made

Theme in subsequent clauses. The pattern is diagrammed below:

Figure 2.2 the Theme Multiple Pattern.

Here is an example of the Theme multiple pattern technique in a text (words in

underlined).

Last weekend, my mother and I went to the market. We went there by a public

transportation. We left the house at 5 p.m. There, we bought many kinds of

vegetables, and fruits.

The three main reasons babies cry are hunger, cold, and illness. Hunger can

be determined by considering when the baby was last fed. Babies feel cold

more acutely than we do and the smaller the baby, the more warmly it should

be wrapped up. Finally, sickness or pain may also be signaled by crying.


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(3)

The Theme zig-zag pattern is when the Rheme in clause 1 gets promoted to

become the Theme of clause 2. This pattern is diagrammed below:

Figure 2.3 The Theme zig zag pattern

Here is an example of the zig zag pattern in a text.

Last holiday, my mother and I went to the Palm Beach.

It was my first time going to the Palm Beach.

The beach was really beautiful.

There werent any garbage, and the continuity of the nature was kept.

By applying zig zag pattern technique, hopefully it will help to make a text

more coherent and cohesive. The zig zag pattern achieves cohesion in the text by

building on newly introduced information. This gives the text a sense of

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CHAPTER III

METHOD OF INVESTIGATION

This chapter deals with research design, subject of the study, instrument of the

study, procedures of collecting data, and method of analyzing data.

3.1 Research Design

The type of research which was applied in this study was action research.

According to Mills as cited by Donato (2003) the definition of action research is

as follows:

Action research is any systematic inquiry conducted by teacher

researchers to gather information about the ways that their particular

school operates how they teach, and how well their students learn. The

information is gathered with the goals of gaining insight, developingreflective practice, effecting positive changes in the schoolenvironment and on educational practices in general, and improving

student outcomes and the lives of those involved.

While, Ferrance (2000: 7) states that action research is a process in which

participants examine their own educational practice systematically and carefully,

using the techniques of research. Actually, a classroom action research is

conducted by cycle. According to Kemmis and McTaggert quoted by Donato

(2000), the fundamental components of action research include the following: (1)

developing a plan for improvement, (2) implementing the plan, (3) observing and

documenting the effects of the plan, and (4) reflecting on the effects of the plan

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cycles; cycle 1 and cycle 2. According to Kemmis and McTaggart (1998) as cited

in www.kajiantindakancikgulee.blogspot.com, the model of action research can be

shown as follows:

The explanations of the components above were presented more

clearly as the following:

3.1.1 Cycle 1

The first cycle consisted of four stages; those are planning, acting, observing, and

reflecting.

Figure 3.1 The model of Action Research According to Kemmis and

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(1)

Planning

It was an activity in which a researcher needed to prepare before doing an

action research. This plan was used to get the optimum result. This stage was done

to arrange an activity plan to determine the next stages which must be done by the

researcher to solve the students problems in learning to write recount. In doing

this activity, I found an educational institution to conduct an action research. I

decided to conduct this research in SMA Negeri 2 Slawi after asking permission

to its headmaster and asked to the English teacher about teaching learning activity

there. I chose this school because based on my observation; the students ability in

writing was still poor. Mostly, the students got difficulties in building ideas,

vocabulary, grammar, and coherence. They had some difficulties in arranging a

good text of writing. After having some observations, I prepared a lesson plan

completed with the product of recount text using zigzag technique. After all the

materials were ready, I also prepared the instruments to measure the students

achievement.

(2)

Acting

In this section, I held several activities that I had planned. In the first activity,

I explained the materials about recount text. In explaining the recount text, I also

explained about the generic structure and language features of recount text. I gave

the example of recount text. A new technique using zig zag pattern was

introduced in writing. Then, I asked the students to work in groups of four

analyzing the text I had been given. I asked them to show which sentences using

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said that the winner of the discussion will be given the reward. And the last, I

gave cycle 1 test to check the students progress after the treatment.

(3)

Observation

In this section, I observed all the result during the research. Observation was

needed to plan a further strategy or to revise planning which would be applied in

the next cycle.

(4)

Reflecting

It was a section in which I tried to inspect the students progress in writing

recount text after being treated by using zig zag technique. After the writer got the

data from the pre-test, exercises, and the observation, the writer decided to

analyze the result to determine the next cycle.

3.1.2 Cycle 2

(1)

Planning

In this stage, I had already known the result of cycle 1 test. Therefore, I made

the lesson plan first, before I did cycle 2. I also prepared the different product of

zig zag technique and the cycle 2 test for the students.

(2) Action

In this stage, it was quite the same as the action in cycle 1 test. Before I

started the lessons, I discussed about the result of cycle 1 test. I mentioned some

mistakes that the students almost did in cycle 1. I hoped that the students would

not make the same mistakes in the next test. After finishing the review, directly I

gave another example of recount text to the students. In this stage, I tried to


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emphasize the materials about zig zag technique in writing recount. I also asked

the students to work in group of 4 analyzing the text I had given. Finally, I gave

the students cycle 2 test. After finishing cycle 2s activities, I conducted the

interview sessions with the English teacher and five students in that class. I also

asked the students to write in a piece of paper giving comments on my teaching.

(3)

Observation

In this stage, I analyzed and collected the result of the action. Its purpose is to

know to what extent the result of action reaches the objective.

(4)

Reflecting

Finding out the significant progress from the first activity to the last activity

and analyzing the result of cycle 2 test.

3.2

Subject of the Study

The subject of the study consists of population and sample which were chosen in

doing the research.

3.2.1

Population

Before choosing the sample, I determined the population first. Population is a

group about which the researcher is interested in gaining information and drawing

conclusions. Gay (1987:102) states that population is the group of interest to the

researcher, the group to which she or he would like the result of the study to be

generalized. In this study, the writer chose SMA N 2 Slawi in the academic year

2010/2011 as the population.There were eight classes of the tenth grade. Each


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class on the average has 35 students. Moreover, they were chosen as the subject

because in School Based Curriculum, recount text is taught in the tenth grade

students.

3.2.2 Sample

After defining the population, sample was selected because the population is too

big to be observed. The final purpose of the research is to investigate population.

But if the population is too big to investigate, reaching the purpose by

investigating the sample is sufficient. I chose one class of the students from the

whole class as sample in this study. The class was the X.5. The class consisted of

16 boys and 21 girls. In choosing the sample, the English teacher suggested to

choose the X.5 class because the class was still poor in writing, and they had not

had a writing test before.

3.3 Instrument of the Study

An instrument is used by the researcher to gather the data. Arikunto (2002: 136)

states that an instrument is a tool of facilities used in collecting data in order to

make the work easier and the result is better. According to Hornby (1995: 619),

instrument is an implement or a piece of apparatus used for particular purpose,

especially for delicate or scientific work. From the definition above, it can be

concluded that an instrument is used as a means or tool for certain purpose to

collect the data especially for scientific or delicate work. The instruments used in

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especially writing a recount. The instruments in this research were test and

interview.

3.3.1 Test

The test is used to measure how good the motivation of the students in learning

writing. In this study a test is used as an instrument to collect data. In addition,

Harris (1969:71) states, there are two basic kinds of test instrument used to

measure the four language skills of the students, i.e. the objective test and essay

test. In this study, the researcher used the essay test as an instrument to collect

data. The tests that the writer would conduct were pre-test, test in each cycle, and

post-test.

(1)Pre-test was used to identify the students ability in writing recount text

before the treatment was given. In other words, pre-test was held to know

the beginning conditions of the students in written recount text.

(2) The tests were used to know whether there is improvement of the students

in producing a recount text or not after getting the treatments.

(3)The post test was used to know whether the students can really produce a

good text. Post-test was conducted to measure the students achievement

after the treatments. The test was the same as the pre-test. Result of the

post-test was analyzed to see to what extent the zig zag pattern technique

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3.3.2 Interview

An interview is a conversation between two people (the interviewer and the

interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information

from the interviewee. According to www.eduers.com, there are some types of

interview; they are one to one interview, phone interview, group interview, panel

interview, mock interview, carrier fair interview, and site interview.

In this study, I would like to apply the informal interview with the five

students. I chose them based on the result in the test, and the attitudes when

followed my teaching. I asked them some questions to be answered. I also

conducted the interview with the English teacher.

3.4 Procedure of Collecting the Data

This action research needed the data to support the investigation. I held some

writing tests to know the progress of the students ability in writing analytical

exposition text. The tests included pre-test, cycle 1 test, cycle 2 test, and post-test.

At the first time, I gave pre-test to the students. Pre-test was a test which was held

before the students were given treatment by using zig zag pattern technique. The

pre-test was conducted for checking whether the students could produce the

recount text well or not. It was to know how well the students ability in writing

the recount text.

In cycle 1, I concerned on gaining students interest in writing recount text

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gave an example of recount text and explaining generic structure, the purpose and

language feature of recount text. I introduced zig zag pattern technique in writing

especially in writing recount. Then, I asked the students to work in groups of four

to analyze the text. The purpose of dividing the students into groups was that they

could understand which part of the recount text using zigzag pattern technique.

After that, I gave them a model of text analysis on the recount text to the students,

so they could know exactly which sentences using zig zag pattern technique. After

the treatment was held, I conducted cycle 1 test. I asked the students to write a

text of recount about his or her experience in the past. In cycle 2, I reviewed the

material with the different topic in the first cycle. Then, I gave them a cycle 2 test

to check the students progress. In the last meeting, a post test was given. Post-test

was used to measure the students ability in writing recount text. It was given after

the students had some treatments using zig zag pattern technique in cycle 1 and

cycle 2. After all of the activities finished, I conducted an interview with the

teacher and the students. I arranged some questions for the teacher and the

students to get the information about their responses and problems related to the

teaching and learning activities using the technique.

3.5 Method of Analyzing Data

It consists of three main points. The first is method of scoring, the second is

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3.5.1 Method of Scoring

Scoring the students work is a step to obtain quantitative information from each

student. One of the ways to scores or to evaluate the students achievement in

writing is rating scale (Heaton, 1975:109). In using rating scale, the scorer can

make a rank order of the results of the students work, based on a given categories

to know which students have the high scores and which have the lowest scores.

The following scheme of rating scale is used to measure the students

achievement in their written product. Below is the scoring technique of writing

skills based on Heaton (1975: 109-111)

Table 3.1

The Scoring Guidance Taken From Heaton Grid and Categories

Items Scoring

Grammar

5 Mastery on grammar taught on course, only 1 or2 minor

mistakes.4 A few minor mistakes only (preposition, article, etc).

3 Only one major mistake but few minor mistakes.2 Major mistakes that lead to difficulty in understanding,

lack mastery of sentence construction.1 Numerous serious mistakes, no mastery of sentence

construction, almost intelligible.

Vocabulary

5 use of wide range of vocabulary taught previously.

4 good use of new words acquired, fairly acquired synonyms,

circumlocution.

3 attempts to use words acquired fairly appropriate

vocabulary on the whole but sometimes restricted, have

resort to use synonyms, circumlocution, etc. on few

occasions.

2 restricted vocabulary, use synonyms(but not alwaysappropriate).

1 very restricted vocabulary, inappropriate use of synonyms,

seriously hinders communication.

Spelling

5 No error.

4 1 or 2 minor errors.

3 several errors some interference with communication, not

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2 several errors several inference with communication, somewords very hard to organize.

1 numerous errors, hard to recognize several words,

communication made very difficult.

Content

5 all sentences support the topic highly organized clearprogression of ideas well linked-like educated native

speaker.

4 ideas well organized-links occasionally be clearer but

communication not impaired.

3 some lack of organization re-reading required for

classification of ideas.

2 little or no attempts of connectivity thought-reader can

deduce some organization individual ideas may be clear

but difficult to deduce connection between them.

1 lack of organization so serve that communication is

seriously impaired.

Fluency

5 flowing style very to understand both complex and simple

sentences very effective.

4 quite flowing style mostly easy to understand a few

complex sentences very effective.

3 reasonably smooth style not too hard to understand mostly(but not all) simple sentences-fairly effective.

2 jerky style an effect needed to understand and enjoycomplex sentences confusing mostly (but not all)

sentences-fairly effective.1 very jerky hard to understand cannot enjoy reading almost

all simple sentences confusing excessive use of and.

3.5.2Classifying the Score

In classifying the scores, if all the students scores were arranged from the highest

to the lowest, it would be easier to know the position of a student in his/her group.

The measurement of the students achievement as stated by Brown (2004:285) is

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Criteria of

Assessment Letter Grading Grade

91-100

81-90

71-80

61-70

Less than 60

A

B

C

D

F

Excellent

Good

adequate

Inadequate/unsatisfactory

failing/unacceptable

For example, Student A got 82. Based on the measurement of the students

achievement, A is included in good grade.

3.5.3 Criterion of Assessment

The students success and failure in doing the activities planned above would be

accessed by referring to the creation issued based on School Based Curriculum

(2006)

Table 3.3 The Classification Based on KTSP (2006)

Score Classification

< 65 Incomplete

65 Complete

> 65 Complete

For example, student A got 72 in the test. Based on the criterion of

assessment in School based Curriculum, student A had already completed the test.

Table 3.2 The Measurement of the Students Achievement


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CHAPTER IV

RESEARCH RESULT AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter, the data which had been collected were analyzed and discussed.

Therefore, this chapter provides description of the research, results of each

activity including pre-test, cycle 1, cycle 2, and post-test. Moreover, this chapter

also presents results of interview, improvement of students writing, discussion

and research findings.

4.1 Description of the Research

This study was an action research. I conducted the action research for four

activities. Those activities were pre-test, cycle one, cycle two, and post-test. All of

those activities were conducted in six meetings. It was from 2nd

April 2011 until

23th April 2011. The schedule of the research and outline of each stage could be

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Activity

Date Pre-Test Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Post-Test

2nd April 2011

6th

April 2011

9th

April 2011

13th

April2011

16thApril 2011

23th

April 2011

Table 4.2 Outline of Each Stage of the Research

Activity Stages Teaching and Learning ProcessTime

allotment

Pre-test Students did the pre-test.45 minutes.

Cycle 1 Exploration

Students pay attention to theexample of recount text given by

the teacher.

Students pay attention to theteachers explanation about

recount text especially about

generic structures and language

features.

Students pay attention to the

teachers explanation about zig

zag pattern technique.

120 minutes

Elaboration

Students are asked to enrich thematerial deeply after listening the

teachers explanation.

Students are asked to mention the

elements of recount text.


sentences using zig zag pattern

Table 4.1 The schedule of The Research


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technique given by the teacher ingroup of four.

Confirmation

Students are asked to discussabout the purpose, the generic

structure, and the language

features of recount text.

Students are asked to discuss

about the recount text by usingzig zag pattern technique.

Students present the result of

discussion.

Activity Stages Teaching and Learning ProcessTime

Allotment

Cycle 2 Exploration

Students pay attention to theteachers explanation about the

use of zigzag pattern technique inwriting clearly.

Students pay attention to thepicture showing zig zag pattern

technique.

120 minutes

Elaboration Students are asked to enrich the

material deeply after listening the

teachers explanation.


sentences using zig zag patterntechnique given by the teacher in

group of four.

Confirmation Students present the result of the

discussion.

4.2 Results of Pre-Test

Before the treatment using zig zag pattern technique, I conducted a pre-test. Pre-

test was intended to know the students ability in writing a recount text essay. The

English teacher helped me to monitor the students. The pre-test was conducted on


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Saturday, 2nd April 2011. I took class X.5. There were 37 students who followed

the pre-test. They had to write a recount text about their experiences. They could

choose the theme of the story by themselves. The time allotment was 45 minutes.

The result of the pre-test would be compared to the result after treatment or post-

test. Comparison between the results could be used to identify the improvement of

the students ability in writing recount text. The result of pre-test could be seen in

appendix 2.

In analyzing the students writing recount text, I preferred to adapt the

Scoring Guidance taken from Heaton Grid and Categories (1975:109). There were

five components that were measured: grammar, logical development of ideas

which dealt with content of the text, vocabulary, spelling, fluency. Finished

scoring the students pre-test, I continued to classify the result based on the

criterion assessment from the KTSP (2006). Based on that criterion, the eleventh

grade students had to achieve minimally 65 in their English. Then, I compared the

classification based on the KTSP (2006) criterion and classification given by

Brow (2004: 285). The classifications were as follows:

Table 4.3 The Classification of Students Pre-Test Based on the KTSP (2006)

Score Frequency Percentile Rank Category

65 4 11%Complete

(Indonesian: tuntas)


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Table 4.4 The Classification of Students Pre-test According to Brown

Criteria of

Assessment

Letter

Grading

FrequencyGrade

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

Below 60

A

B

C

D

F

-

-

3

17

17

Excellent

Good

adequate



Then, the average of the students pre-test result was as follow:

M=

M=

M= 58.92

Based on the pre-test, the result was 89% students got mark under 65. The

average of the students pre-test was 58.92. It was lower than the criterion of the

assessment that was 65. Hence, 33 students failed to fulfill the requirement.

Generally, their writing skill was low. In short, it could be said that the students

needed some treatments to improve their writing skill in recount text. Most of the

students were still poor in their grammar. They couldnt apply the principles of

present and past. They also couldnt distinguish between verbal and nominal

sentences. In fluency aspect, the students also couldnt write both complex and

simple sentences effectively. For examples, a student wrote There, my sister

which her swim in the warm water. While in vocabulary aspect, the students was

still poor in their vocabulary.


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4.3 Results of Cycle One

Cycle one was conducted in two meetings. Cycle one was conducted on

Wednesday, 6th April and Saturday, 9th April 2011. In this cycle, I gave the

students a treatment by using zig zag technique. In the treatment, I concerned on

the students difficulty to build the ideas in writing a recount text essay. I hoped

by using zig zag technique, they could build the ideas in the next sentences by

applying the principles of Theme (old/given information) and Rheme (New

information). I also explained about the theory of recount text. In this case, I

explained the generic structures, and the language features. In explaining

grammar, I included the grammar as a part of language features. Actually, they

understood about the pattern of simple past tense, but they had difficultness in the

form of past verb. They failed in adapting this tense in form of recount text essay.

The process of teaching and learning during the treatment was represented in the

learning stages. There were three stages in the cycle one. The first stage was

exploration. Firstly, in the first meeting I explained the purpose, generic structure

and language feature of recount text briefly. Then, I continued with the

introducing of zig zag technique. After that I asked the students to analyze the text

I had given related to the elements of a recount text in pairs. It was the elaboration

stage. The next stage was confirmation; in this stage I checked the students

understanding about the materials. I discussed the task about the elements of

recount text and I asked the students whether they understood or not. After all the

stages done, I divided the students into a group of four. I gave the assignment of

each group to analyze the recount text I had given. I asked them to show which


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sentences using zig zag technique. I continued the materials in the next meeting. It

was held on Saturday, 9th

April 2011. In this meeting I reviewed the last materials

about recount text and zig zag pattern technique. I asked the students whether they

had the difficultness or not. After that, I continued with the discussion of the

assignments. In this case, I gave the point to the each group. In the last meeting I

would give a reward to the group which had the best score. Then, I conducted

Cycle 1 test. The result of the cycle one test can be seen in the appendix 3.

Table 4.5 The Classification of Students Cycle One Test Based on the KTSP

(2006)


65 30 81% Complete

Table 4.6The Classification of Students Cycle One Test According to Brown

Criteria of

Assessment

Letter

Grading

Frequency Grade

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

Below 60

A

B

C

D

F

-

2

12

22

1

Excellent

Good

adequate



Then, the average of the students pre-test result was as follow:

M=


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M=

= 68.54

Based on the cycle one test, the result was 19% students got mark under

65. The average of the students cycle one test was 68.54. It was higher than the

criterion of the assessment that was 65.It developed 9.62 point from the result of

pre-test. The number of students who failed in the test also decreased. There was only

a student who was categorized as a poor achiever. The number of students who

categorized as good achiever increased from 0 became 2 students. However, there

were still 7 students who had not passed the test.

4.4 Results of Cycle Two

Cycle two was conducted for in two meetings. Cycle two was conducted on

Wednesday, 13th April and Saturday, 16th April 2011. In this cycle, I emphasized

the materials using zig zag technique. The first step was exploration. In this stage,

I showed the picture showing the zig zag technique in the text. I explained clearly

about zig zag. I also gave them a different text of recount. In every my

explanation, I always checked the students difficultness. I asked some of my

students to make a short text using zig zag technique in front of the class. The next

stage was elaboration. In this case, I asked the students to work in group of four.

The members of the group were same as cycle ones group. I gave them a recount

text, and asked them to analyze the text. I also calculated the score of each group

in the cycle one and cycle two. Then, the last stage was confirmation. In this

stage, the students presented their discussion and I gave the chance to ask their

difficulty during the teaching learning process. I hoped the students could do the


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cycle two test better than cycle one test. Finally, after all I had done, I conducted

cycle two test. The result of the cycle two test can be seen in the appendix 4.

Table 4.7 The Classification of Students Cycle Two Test Based on the KTSP

(2006)


65 37 100% Complete

Table 4.8 The Classification of Students Cycle Two Test According to Brown

Criteria ofAssessment

LetterGrading

Frequency Grade

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69Below 60

A

B

C

DF

-

7

20

10-

Excellent

Good

adequate

Inadequate/unsatisfactoryfailing/unacceptable

Then, the average of the students cycle two result was as follow:

M=

M=

M=73.84The average of the test was 73.84. The improvement was 5.3 from the

cycle 1 result. It was as not high as the improvement of the first cycle. Based on

the scores above, it showed that generally, the students ability in recount text


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improved. Most of them were able to write more coherent and rich of ideas. Based

on the KTSP (2006) criterion, 73.84 was considered to be successful. The result

was higher than the result of pre-test and cycle one. Surprisingly, all of students

passed the test. They also were categorized as good, adequate, and inadequate.

4.5 Results of Post-Test

The post test was conducted 23th April 2011. Before doing the post-test, I told the

students that they had showed great improvement, even though in the post-test they

had to work alone I made them sure that they could do their best. Then I reviewed the

material once again briefly. The procedure of the pre-test was the same as the

procedure of post-test. The result of post-test could be seen in appendix 5. The

students score improved significantly. It showed that the students ability in recount

text increased. The classification of the students test result could be presented as

follow.

Table 4.9 The Classification of Students Post Test Based on the KTSP (2006)


< 65 - - Incomplete

65 - - Complete

>65 37 100% Complete


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Table 4.10The Classification of Students Post-Test According to Brown

Criteria of

Assessment

Letter

Grading

Frequency Grade

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

Below 60

A

B

C

D

F

-

14

20

3

-

Excellent

Good

adequate



Then, the average of the students post-test result was as follow:

M=

M=

M=76.76

The mean of post-test showed that there was an improvement in students

ability in writing recount text after given the treatment by using zig zag technique.

Compared to the score of pre-test that was 58.92, the score of post test had

improved 17.84 point.

4.6 Improvement of the Students Writing Skill

In conducting this action research, the four tests were distributed in order to know

the students ability in writing recount text. The result of each test showed

improvements of the students ability in writing recount text. The percentages of

the tests were showed in the following diagram.


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The diagram above showed that there was an improvement in every test

which was conducted. The mean of the pre-test was only 58.92. It was lower than

the criterion of the assessment from the minimal standard of the school that was

65. The students had problems in every aspect of writing, including fluency,

content, grammar, spelling and punctuation, and style of vocabulary. Many of

them were poor in ideas and coherency of the text. In cycle one test, there was

much improvement. The mean was 68.54 which meant it was much higher than

the pre-test and higher than the standard score. It increased 9.62 point from the

pre-test. In this test, the students could apply the use of zig zag pattern technique

in their writing. Their writing test was richer of ideas and more coherent than in

the pre-test. After knowing the result of cycle one, I found that some students

scores still under the standard given even their score had improved. Therefore, I

conducted

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